#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Novak Djokovic	Tennis	🇷🇸 Serbia	2003–—	97.6
5	Roger Federer	Tennis	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1998–2022	94
14	Don Budge	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1954	90.9
18	Henri Cochet	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1921–1950	89.5
19	Laurence Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1896–1906	89.2
24	Ilie Năstase	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1966–1985	88.5
25	Doris Hart	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1955	88.4
28	Reginald Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1894–1906	87.9
30	Arthur Ashe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1980	87.4
33	John Bromwich	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1937–1954	86.8
34	Adrian Quist	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1933–1950	86.8
42	Suzanne Lenglen	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1919–1926	85.8
43	Bobby Riggs	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1959	85.8
48	Ernest Renshaw	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1880–1893	85.5
53	Robert Wrenn	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1900	85.2
55	Don McNeill	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	85
58	Barbora Strýcová	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2002–2023	84.7
66	Manuel Santana	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1958–1973	84.2
72	Malcolm Whitman	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1902	84
81	Sidney Wood	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1945	83.4
91	R. Norris Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1926	83
93	Virginia Wade	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1962–1986	82.9
95	Algernon Kingscote	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1928	82.9
98	Wilfred Baddeley	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1897	82.8
104	William Clothier	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1914	82.5
109	Budge Patty	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1961	82.4
128	Hana Mandlíková	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1978–1990	81.5
143	Francesca Schiavone	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1998–2018	80.8
147	Vitas Gerulaitis	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1986	80.7
155	Gabriela Sabatini	Tennis	🇦🇷 Argentina	1985–1996	80.5
165	Joe Hunt	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1943	80.2
168	Marcel Bernard	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1932–1956	79.9
171	Harold Mahony	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1890–1905	79.7
172	Barbora Krejčíková	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2013–—	79.6
176	Johan Kriek	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	79.4
182	Grigor Dimitrov	Tennis	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	2008–—	79.1
185	Thomas Johansson	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2009	79
191	Joshua Pim	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1890–1900	78.7
204	Colin Gregory	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1925–1952	78.2
217	Rodney Heath	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1905–1919	77.2
221	Ashleigh Barty	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	2010–2022	76.7
224	Henner Henkel	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1933–1939	76.5
225	Bianca Andreescu	Tennis	🇨🇦 Canada	2017–—	76.3
235	Willoughby Hamilton	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1887–1896	75.4
239	Henry Slocum	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1886–1892	75
240	Ons Jabeur	Tennis	🇹🇳 Tunisia	2010–—	74.9
245	Spencer Gore	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1877–1880	73.1

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